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How can more young people enter careers and fulfil their potential
Many young New Zealanders feel that a social contract has been breached. This tacit contract is that, if students worked and studied hard, the government would maintain through its institutions the macroeconomic stability and microeconomic flexibility that allow people to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Learning, education and pedagogy, Science and innovation
Tagged Business, Innovation, Learning, Management
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Ageing, NZS and new opportunities
The sustainability of New Zealand’s superannuation (NZS) system has long been in dispute. A recent Michael Littlewood paper based on Treasury data and OECD analyses challenges the assumption that NZS is unsustainable, given demographics. NZS is a simple, universal scheme. … Continue reading
Submission on the draft English curriculum released March 2025
Dr Peter Winsley [email protected] This submission supports the draft English curriculum as it relates to knowledge-richness, a standardized curriculum for all students, direct instruction, and the importance of cognitive science learning principles. Great literature fosters critical thinking. It also challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural issues, Economics, History, Learning, education and pedagogy, Shakespeare
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Developing New Zealand’s advanced technology industries through Defence Budget appropriations
War is terrible, costly, and achieves nothing that could not be done more cheaply by peaceful means. Yet world military expenditure reached US$2718 billion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 percent in real terms from 2023 and the sharpest year-on-year … Continue reading
Why King Lear should be in the English literature curriculum
An English literature curriculum needs a core of Shakespeare plays and we need to decide which to include. A Midsummer Night’s Dream brought English poetry to a new level, with some help from Ovid. Romeo and Juliet appeal to youth … Continue reading
The English Curriculum New Zealand schools need
In recent years the English curriculum has been weakened through the replacement of rich knowledge content with ill-defined “competencies.” Shakespeare disappeared. Identity politics coloured the 2007 National Curriculum, was strengthened in the 2022 Refreshed Curriculum, and continued in later documents. … Continue reading
Submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
By Dr Peter Winsley I support the Bill, despite its weaknesses. For expositional clarity, in my submission I use the term “te Tiriti” rather than “the Treaty.” This acknowledges that about 540 rangatira signed te Tiriti versus about 39 who … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional and Treaty of Waitangi issues, Cultural issues, Economics, History
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I too have been thinking about the future New Zealand economy
New Zealand was one of the wealthiest countries in the world in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1950, New Zealand ranked third in the OECD for GDP per capita. However, New Zealand’s economic growth slowed after the mid-20th century and by the early … Continue reading
Therapeutic and generative benefits from poetry and music
In a 2016 paper I explored why Shakespeare is important for young people. Shakespeare’s works are immortal because successive generations have treasured his art and wisdom and passed them onto the next generation. Greek and Roman poetry, folksongs from all … Continue reading
ChatGPT fails the test – it doesn’t understand great poetry
Will artificial intelligence (AI) take over all intellectual tasks? Might this include deeply human ones such as musical composition and poetry? Will AI affect those things that make us uniquely human – emotions such as love and friendship? To … Continue reading
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